Ratings & Reactions: Villa v West Ham

[Pinebro]

Another statement win

[Jas10]

 

 

[Jas10]

 

[Xela]

15 minutes ago, gatecrasha said:

Top scorers in the league !!  More than Pep's City and Plopp's team.

2nd. Barcodes are 1st. Brighton 3rd. Makes a nice change! 

[theboyangel]

 

what a win!!! 

2 points off top spot

[KevinRichardsonsMoustache]

4 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

 

You can see Deano wanting to interject to tell him that he shouldn’t beat himself up or it was a hard chance. Immediately turned it around to bring attention to Ollie’s goal against Brighton. Lovely but of man management on display there. 

[lapal_fan]

Unai is the dad no-one wants to let down, but is demanding of constant improvement.

Deano is the uncle everyone loves, and would run through brick walls for.

Get him in as assistant and we'd never lose another football match again. 

[colhint]

So that's 10 goals against 2 Europa league teams

[DaveAV1]

25 minutes ago, rubberman said:

It'll be tough as there was only 1 match today. 

We’ll still be last then !!

[Jas10]

 

[Brumstopdogs]

Special times to be a Villa fan and a comprehensive victory against a team we often have struggled against.

 

 

[Annoyman]

34 minutes ago, rubberman said:

It'll be tough as there was only 1 match today. 

Gah! Wish I'd known that when I made the post! In this context it's now absurd, humorous even

Edited October 22, 2023 by Annoyman

[sidcow]

Just wish Watkins could impose himself on the game in the same way as Antonio though

[VillaBrum]

41 minutes ago, gatecrasha said:

Top scorers in the league !!  More than Pep's City and Plopp's team.

I think Newcastle may have something to say about that 

[brummybloke]

Great win, you knew either bowen or jwp would score ( still not sure how it was given as a bowen goal) and then for a good 10 mins or so we gave the ball away possibly 8 or 10 times needlessly and it looked a bit like villa under the bin dipping Arab league manager. One pretty lucky break away with mcginn and ollie combining and we got our rhythm back.

Good to see Bailey get a goal, a good one at that and was really hoping for 1 more just to top it off but that's just because I love the way we can play and want it rewarded even more.

Mcginn was quiet in this game but everyone else stepped it up and made up for it.

Apart from maybe 20 mins at a push, we dominated the game, I'm sure uni will be annoyed at that 20 minutes and emi will be frustrated at no clean sheet, this is what winners are like, can always improve and will do everything they can to improve.

[one_ian_taylor]

43 minutes ago, rubberman said:

It'll be tough as there was only 1 match today. 

So we will be last then! Bloody BBC...

[DaveAV1]

2 minutes ago, VillaBrum said:

I think Newcastle may have something to say about that 

Those plonkers have always got something to say regardless of the facts. 

[Vive_La_Villa]

Around this time last year I took my 8 year old daughter to Villa v West Ham and it was one of the worst games I’d even seen.  A year later I took her to her second game again against West Ham.  She’s finally in love with the Villa. 

Thanks Unai.

Perfect day all round.  Even the constant swearing in the family stand throughout the game didn’t ruin that one. 

[El Zen]

We are so good at football. 

Dougie should be up for Ballon d’Or next year. 

[OutByEaster?]

We're a very good football team.

Seventeen goals in four home games is outstanding and we've looked good value for all of them.

We did an awful lot well today - we dominated for long periods with the ball, we scored good goals, we pressured them, we fought for everything in midfield, we looked dangerous on the break and we quietly defended the best team in the league at it through a whole series of second half corners.

We're a little short of depth and we have a lot of games, so we might fade come the spring, but right now, at home, we'd give any team on the planet a good game.

It's hard to pick people out today - everyone in the back four played well, I thought Konsa especially so, Martinez was reassuringly solid, even when they were offside there's something reassuring about watching him stop shots anyway, I thought Kamara was really good, I thought he won the ball really well and used it really well, that's the level he's capable of, Luiz was outstanding again and the addition of all these goals can only bring him that little bit more notice back home, McGinn was strong, smart and determined and played a lovely ball for Ollie's goal, Diaby was nifty and cunning, finding little pockets and disturbing the West Ham defence, I thought Zaniolo did a great job of driving us forward from deep positions and matching their midfield physicality and Ollie was occasionally wasteful, but diligently grafting and found another deserved goal. Even the subs did well, Bailey looks really sharp and Tielemans added a bit of calm.

A terrific performance against a very good side that we made look very average.

The gentleman on the sideline is something extraordinary - week after week, he makes the right decisions; tactically, in selection, in his man management, he just quietly gets everything right - he's a class act and we are lucky to have him. He seems happy and settled and if we can keep him around, the sky is the limit.

It's hard not to be excited right now, we're thrilling at home with some outstanding performers that have been with us long enough to be loved and a manager that's a step above almost any I can remember in my lifetime.

Awake.

Very awake.